Country
Barbados
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- ISO code
- BB · BRB
69 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 283K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 22,127 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 76.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 283K 2025 179th of 214
- Population density 655 people/km² 2024 12th of 212
- Population growth 0.06 % per year 2025 165th of 214
- Natural increase 0.6 per 1,000 people 2023 167th of 228
- Net migration -0.3 per 1,000 people 2025 104th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.71 births per woman 2024 125th of 214
- Urban population 59.7 % 2025 124th of 214
- Median age 38.9 years 2023 61st of 228
- Population aged 65+ 17.1 % 2025 54th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 25.9 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 54th of 214
- Children under 15 17.1 % 2025 151st of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 76.3 years 2024 94th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 78.8 years 2024 102nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 73.8 years 2024 87th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.0 years 2024 105th of 214
- Infant mortality 9.1 per 1,000 births 2024 117th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 9.8 per 1,000 births 2024 121st of 195
- Maternal mortality 35 per 100,000 births 2023 109th of 193
- Health spending per person 1,286 USD 2023 54th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,153 $ (PPP) 2023 92nd of 191
- Physicians 2.96 per 1,000 people 2022 61st of 179
- Hospital beds 6.4 per 1,000 people 2023 14th of 150
- Measles immunization 88 % 2024 111th of 191
- Undernourishment 5.0 % 2024 79th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,118 kcal per day 2023 68th of 175
- Meat supply 76.2 kg per person per year 2023 51st of 175
Economy
- GDP 8B USD 2025 149th of 185
- GDP per capita 28,365 USD 2025 45th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 22,127 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 78th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 11,546 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 89th of 165
- GDP growth 2.7 % 2025 116th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.6 % 2025 87th of 185
- Inflation 0.8 % 2025 140th of 169
- Unemployment 6.5 % 2025 64th of 181
- Youth unemployment 18.5 % 2025 56th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 29.0 % 2016 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Income inequality (Gini) 34.1 2016 80th of 151
- Extreme poverty 1.7 % 2016 78th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.6 % of GDP 2024 152nd of 187
- Women in the labour force 61.0 % 2025 44th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.811 2023 69th of 192
- Literacy rate 99.3 % 1970 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 4.1 % of GDP 2022 77th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 103 % 2023 45th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 54 % 2023 64th of 127
- Primary completion rate 92 % 2023 88th of 135
- Women in parliament 26.7 % 2025 89th of 183
- Homicide rate 14.6 per 100,000 people 2020 20th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.7 Mt CO₂ 2024 168th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.5 t CO₂ 2024 103rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 4.83 t CO₂ 2024 70th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 156th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.2 t CO₂e 2024 118th of 201
- Forest area 14.6 % of land 2024 142nd of 208
- Water stress 88 % 2022 19th of 176
- Arable land 16.2 % of land 2024 67th of 205
- Renewable energy 5.5 % of final energy 2021 164th of 210
- Renewable electricity 9.0 % of electricity 2024 151st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 9.0 % of electricity 2024 48th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 601 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 52nd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 3,930 kWh 2024 74th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 10.9 µg/m³ 2023 148th of 199
Barbados on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldBarbadian dollar (BBD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−4Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 115 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)